Men lie. Women lie. Numbers never lie, and these particular numbers say that Texas Tech will be in the Final Four before losing to Illinois. The numbers in question have been extrapolated by the Shot Quality Algorithm from shotquality.com.
The ShotQuality algorithm is built by tracking the percentage of potential shots by both teams which is affected by open and contested shots as well as which shots are taken. The shotquality.com website says the algorithm is, calculated by multiplying the percent chance a shot has of going in, i.e. the probability that the basket is made and the type of shot, denoted by the no. of points that shot entails - either a 2-pointer or a 3-pointer.